Ulpian

American

[uhl-pee-uhn] / ˈʌl pi ən /

noun

Domitius Ulpianus, died a.d. 288?, Roman jurist.

Ulpian British

/ ˈʌlpɪən /

noun

Latin name Domitius Ulpianus. died ?228 _ad , Roman jurist, born in Phoenicia

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Recognition of slavery’s injustice came in the third century when the jurist Ulpian wrote: “As far as the law of nature is concerned, all men are equal.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Ulpian’s fate was not unique, nor was Rome’s.

From Economist

The great Corpus Juris Civilis, that comprehensive restatement of Roman law which was mandated by the Emperor Justinian I, carefully abstracted by a team assembled by Tribonion from over 2,000 books written by some 39 selected Roman legal scholars such as Ulpian and Gaius, and issued in various parts from 529 to 534 A.D., set forth the basic principles of corporate law.

From Forbes

Ulpian's law against exorcists, 384.

From Project Gutenberg

All characters cannot be moulded in one type, 158 Ulpian on suicide, i.

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